Quote:Given that fertilization is the beginning of a new organism, I'm not sure how the preceding events have relevance? Whether those events involved sex, locking eyes, fertility clinics, or the vast array of colorful methods used by different species to bring gametes together, fertilization is still the point at which a new organism begins. Likewise, the succession of developments that occur after fertilization are also highly variable, and may be present or absent in different organisms. Stated another way, development is the transformation of genotype to phenotype, which varies highly across individuals. The only constant variable is once again fertilization—the process by which your genotype is created and your personal developmental trajectory is initiated.Literally nothing here creates objective relevance. You just subjectively creating one.
"Change was inevitable"
Nemo sicut deus debet esse!
“No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
Nemo sicut deus debet esse!
“No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM